Poem

I finally finished a poem to my satisfaction recently and since I don't have any literary friends or anyone that seems like they are interested in these sorts of things I decided to post it here.

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On that day I knelt down to pray The depths of hell nearly took me away But in Your love and redeeming grace You saved me from destruction's face

And oft I've asked and wondered why I'd not been left to sin and die To suffer the pain for my transgression Why'd I'd received this stay of execution

But in Your infinite wisdom you knew There was so much more I was meant to do That I needed to hold tight and continue on And now that the choice I'd made was wrong

And when I was angry and turned away You continued to guide me every day When I didn't see You and sad You weren't there You stayed by my side and continued to care

Then one day when all light seemed gone And my heart had been broken by misery's song I remembered meeting you and my joy that day And I fell down on my knees and started to pray

I'd been away for so long And done many things terribly wrong I'd gotten so grossly far off track Could I really and truly make it back?

I started out small with the little that I knew And as I stepped forward my faith grrew I could see the blessings from Your hand And finally I began to understand

There are times in life when we lose our way And challenges to face every single day If we turn to You we will know where to go Our capacity will be strengthened and we will always grow

And the sincerest prayer of my humble heart Is to always remember You from the start To always remember the blessings You send And to see Your smiling face at mortal life's end

Kimberly Shipley 03/21/09